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Alphabetical Listing of Movie Reviews

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  • Heidi -- One of Shirley Temple's better vehicles comes from the Johanna Spyri children's classic about a little Swiss orphan who brings cheer into the morose life of her grandfather (Jean Hersholt), then is taken from him to be the companion of a crippled rich girl in Frankfurt where, after helping the child to walk again, she is spirited away by a hateful housekeeper (Mary Nash). As directed by Allan Dwan, curly-haired Shirley smiles her way through considerable woes until rescued from near tragedy on Christmas Eve. Best for young children with the reassuring presence of a parent. (A-I) (G) ( 1937 )




    These movies have been evaluated for artistic merit and moral suitability by the media reviewing division of Catholic News Service. The reviews include the CNS rating, the Motion Picture Association of America rating, and a brief synopsis of the movie.

    The classifications are as follows:

    A-I -- general patronage;
    A-II -- adults and adolescents;
    A-III -- adults;
    L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. L replaces the previous classification, A-IV.
    O -- morally offensive.

    Note: Some movies previously were designated A-IV. Older films with this classification should be regarded as classified L.

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